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ABSTRACT



artist and an interaction design researcher collaborated to
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
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
included aesthetic investigative practices as well as data
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Audrey Desjardins
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and Timea Tihanyi
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Sonification
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

main lessons from our work that could be generative and


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Our work builds on and expands works in the areas of data

Data physicalization



a
physical artifact whose geometry or material properties encode
data
a highly data-oriented physical form, possessing both artistic
and functional qualities, to augment an audience’s under-
standing of the underlying data and issues









I argue that
these forms of data materialisation 
are potentially integral to new modes of
understanding and incorporating personal data into everyday
life, living with and alongside these data.





continuous engagements with data as people live alongside


one where people might choose what data to track and how








3D printing ceramics



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digital ceramic process and the aesthetics of imperfection
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

Sonification
DIS ’19, June 23–28, 2019, San Diego, CA, USA
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OUR APPROACH

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DIS ’19, June 23–28, 2019, San Diego, CA, USA
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DIS ’19, June 23–28, 2019, San Diego, CA, USA
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of sound levels over time and how much sound changed over
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In addition to experimenting with
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including the innovative use of the dwell command for the
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
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Sonification
DIS ’19, June 23–28, 2019, San Diego, CA, USA
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



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
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

imagine a noise canceling device on the cup in the middle
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



increase of the Z height from coordinate point to coordinate point rem
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
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Sonification
DIS ’19, June 23–28, 2019, San Diego, CA, USA
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ness of some of the extrusions wakes up the senses during
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the sides of the cup mirrors one’s emotional state during a
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accentuates the texture based on how the water ripples and
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

them imagine the data that is behind these cups is a balance
we are discovering?

Sonification
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
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Data stories: Subjectivity and ction
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interpretations will be responding to the captured interpreta
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Our work contributes a starting point to discuss how data
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Data tactility: In process, anticipated, and
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process
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a part of our work relied on anticipated
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lived-with once the cups
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FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS
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step to pursue working with groups whose sense of touch is
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from such groups would allow further explorations of data
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